LibGuides: World Languages: French

French @ Upstate

Use Upstate Library's catalog advanced search feature to find materials in French

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L'Express
A French weekly news magazine.
Le Figaro
A French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris.The oldest national daily in France.
Le Monde
Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed Le Diplo by its French readers) is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. Le Monde diplomatique is a left-wing anti-capitalist nespaper
Sud Ouest
A daily French newspaper, the third largest regional daily in France in terms of circulation.
Tribune de Genève
A Swiss French-language, regional daily newspaper.

EuroDocs - History of France
Sets of primary documents from countries in Europe. From Brigham Young University.
France Archives
Provides access to archival materials in national, regional, or municipal archives throughout France and overseas departments and territories.
Gallica
Digital library of French and francophone culture maintained by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 50,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. We carry high quality ebooks: Our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. We digitized and diligently proofread them with the help of thousands of volunteers.
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Mostly titles in the public domain. Some copyrighted titles are included, for which permission for unlimited non-commercial worldwide use has been given.

Duolingo - French
On Duolingo, you'll learn the version of French that you'd hear in Paris. Also available as iOS and Android apps.
Memrise - French
Get started with the basics of French.
Trésor de la langue française
A monolingual French dictionary. Look up the meanings and histories of French words.
Important French Words to Learn
Learn 25 of the most common French words.
French Culture
Official site of the French Embassy in the United States, covering books, music, visual and performing arts, film, TV, new media, and tech.
Le Monde
Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed Le Diplo by its French readers) is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. Le Monde diplomatique is a left-wing anti-capitalist nespaper
IFcinema
Sponsored by the Institut français: watch French films for free online.
French Thesaurus
A free online French thesaurus. Use this to expand your vocabulary!

JSTOR
Includes full text. Access to journals in the humanities, social sciences and science. You can check a box for Language & Literature, as well as select the French language in a drop-down menu. (https://tinyurl.com/yc8kn4ze)
Project MUSE
Includes full text. Articles from high quality humanities, arts and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers. It is possible to select the French language and also select Language and Linguistics as a research area. (https://tinyurl.com/ybed3seg)

Wikipedia, L'encyclopedie libre
The same Wikipedia you're used to, but in French! Remember to use the same cautions as you would with the English version